Getting Up After a Fall – Step 2: Embrace

Resist the urge to jump up and shake it off before examining the details. Ask for a full report from all of your senses.

Take the dirt that’s in your mouth for instance. What does it taste like?

What do you see from the bottom?

What would you say defeat smells like?

How hard was the wall you slammed into?

Exactly how intense is your pain?

The answers to these questions are the finer details of your experience. Put the details in a journal. Unafraid to get personal with yourself, embrace your fall the way you would embrace a wounded child. Don’t skip this step. Just Get It Done Now!